Where Money Grows on Trees
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Date of publication
July 2007
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ISBN / Resource ID
OBL:58445
Getting to the roots of Burma’s latest timber export trade...
They had been rooted in Burma’s soil for many years, some of them for more than a century. Then the heavy excavation machinery moved in—and the trees moved out, across the border to China. Some Burmese nature lovers say the trees will be homesick, but for Burmese and Chinese entrepreneurs they just represent money. Lots of money...